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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2022-50743"
idYear: 2022
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-12-24T13:05:40.297Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:24:39.573Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:49.724Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-50743"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-50743.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50743"
title: "erofs: Fix pcluster memleak when its block address is zero"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nerofs: Fix pcluster memleak when its block address is zero\n\nsyzkaller reported a memleak:\nhttps://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=62f37ff612f0021641eda5b17f056f1668aa9aed\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff88811009c7f8 (size 136):\n  ...\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003cffffffff821db19b\u003e] z_erofs_do_read_page+0x99b/0x1740\n    [\u003cffffffff821dee9e\u003e] z_erofs_readahead+0x24e/0x580\n    [\u003cffffffff814bc0d6\u003e] read_pages+0x86/0x3d0\n    ...\n\nsyzkaller constructed a case: in z_erofs_register_pcluster(),\nztailpacking = false and map-\u003em_pa = zero. This makes pcl-\u003eobj.index be\nzero although pcl is not a inline pcluster.\n\nThen following path adds refcount for grp, but the refcount won't be put\nbecause pcl is inline.\n\nz_erofs_readahead()\n  z_erofs_do_read_page() # for another page\n    z_erofs_collector_begin()\n      erofs_find_workgroup()\n        erofs_workgroup_get()\n\nSince it's illegal for the block address of a non-inlined pcluster to\nbe zero, add check here to avoid registering the pcluster which would\nbe leaked."
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